Laughter Quotes

There are really two types of laughter on the part of the spectator. There is the laughter of recognition - which means seeing things you're familiar with and laughing at yourself. But there's also hysterical laughter - a way of dealing with the things we see that upset us.

Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote.

Laughter is an instant vacation.

Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.

Laughter is God's blessing.

During 'Saturday Night Fever' at the end of the first act dance number I tried to perform a split-jump, only I can't do them so I ended up on my ass followed by the most unsightly backward roll out of it, followed by the cast falling over in laughter and a good portion of the audience too.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.

I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.

And I definitely gravitate toward people who use laughter to pull themselves out of the abyss.

The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.

I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me laugh is the real-life stuff. I've got a dry sense of humor.

Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart.

There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.

Shared laughter is erotic too.

Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate, if ever so slightly, over misery and pain.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.

It is not time for mirth and laughter, the cold, gray dawn of the morning after.

When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail a hypocrisy, laughter is a very useful tool. I want to show the painful side of existence, but there is no question I also want to make people laugh.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Though the clown is often deadpan, he is a connoisseur of laughter.

Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners.

Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote.

The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.

Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote.

When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs. Tomato, and I heard laughter. I wanted to be an actress from that moment on.

I think I would say 'The King's Speech' is surprisingly funny, in fact the audiences in London, Toronto, LA, New York commented there's more laughter in this film than in most comedies, while it is also a moving tear-jerker with an uplifting ending.

What the real world of 1941 needed most was the release and relief provided by laughter.